USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01650800 SLIGO CREEK NEAR TAKOMA PARK, MD

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USGS 01650800 SLIGO CREEK NEAR TAKOMA PARK, MD

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LOCATION.--Lat 38�59'10.4", long 77�00'17.5", Montgomery County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070010, 
   0.5 mi northwest of Takoma Park, 0.7 mi upstream from confluence with Long Branch, 2.0 mi upstream from mouth. 
DRAINAGE AREA.--6.45 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2008 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 170 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929,
   from topographic map.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Montgomery County Department 
   of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, Baltimore office.

Available Parameters	Available Period
All 7 Available Parameters for this site
00065 Gage height	2013-01-19	2013-05-19
00060 Discharge	2008-10-07	2013-05-19
00010 Temperature, water, 50 ft downstream	2013-03-22	2013-05-19
00400 pH, 50 ft downstream	2013-03-22	2013-05-19
00095 Specific cond at 25C, 50 ft downstream	2013-03-22	2013-05-19
00300 Dissolved oxygen, 50 ft downstream	2013-03-22	2013-05-19
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph, 50 ft downstream	2013-03-22	2013-05-19

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Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.83 05-19-2013 12:15 EST

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.1 05-19-2013 12:15 EST

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**Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 19 based on 4 years of record more**
Min (2012)	Most Recent Instantaneous Value May 19	25th percen- tile	Mean	Median	75th percen- tile	Max (2010)
1.7	2.1	2.3	3.5	4.0	4.3	4.4

Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, 50 ft downstream

Most recent instantaneous value: 16.7 05-19-2013 12:10 EST

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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units, 50 ft downstream

Most recent instantaneous value: 7.6 05-19-2013 12:10 EST

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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius, 50 ft downstream

Most recent instantaneous value: 557 05-19-2013 12:10 EST

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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter, 50 ft downstream

Most recent instantaneous value: 9.4 05-19-2013 12:10 EST

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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), 50 ft downstream

Most recent instantaneous value: 1.6 05-19-2013 12:10 EST

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